Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [prep] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | he asked me for a few slices of bread which he broke into pieces and scattered over the roof . |
| 2 | It was still unthinkable to see him without his sketchbook and pencil , but of the hundreds and hundreds of drawings he made , he gave away many or sold them for a few francs . |
| 3 | However , Will Purser helped me with a few defensive sentences such as , ‘ Please talk slowly , I have only just begun to learn Burmese . ’ |
| 4 | One night , he found himself with a few other police enveloped in the hatred of a black township uprising . |
| 5 | An old worker , after giving the machine a jaundiced look , turned the handle and tried it with a few roots . |
| 6 | The former '80s high flier is already well on the way to digging itself out of the mess it got itself into a few years back . |
| 7 | One hour later we dissociated the nerves , cultured them for a few hours , and double-labelled them with an anti-BrdU antibody and an antibody that labels oligodendrocyte precursor cells . |
| 8 | Then I met up with Alan and , and he read though it and challenged me on a few things and we changed one or two bits , but I 've got my sort of target set out . |
| 9 | Despite this , at lunchtime Kathleen presented me with four hours ' pay and pressed me for a few more details to help her with her enquiries . |
| 10 | We contented ourselves with a few small purchases , but will probably go there for some more serious shopping before the end of our stay in Peking , as it is obviously the best place in the country for buying touristy things . |
| 11 | The head of South Africa 's CITES delegation , Piet Mulder , agreed that there was evidence of SADF involvement in ivory smuggling , but blamed it on a few corrupt elements . |
| 12 | I enjoyed it for a few weeks but then went to Stanley . ’ |
| 13 | He satisfied himself with a few words of hurried consultation during a House of Commons debate . |
| 14 | The regime thus charged him with damage of government property and jailed him for a few months until he was released under a general amnesty . |
| 15 | Anne watched her for a few moments in stunned silence , trying to decide if she meant what she had said . |
| 16 | Elaine watched her for a few minutes before paddling further into the shore , lying on the soft , creamy sand , letting the shallow water caress her feet and legs . |
| 17 | Sorrel watched him for a few seconds , then snatched it out of his hands and stuck it in her mouth . |
| 18 | He examined it for a few moments , then realised Tock was standing beside him with a can of oil . |
| 19 | I comforted myself with a few thoughts of what I would do to the culprit if I ever caught him ; realised that was highly unlikely , and headed for the golf course . |
| 20 | ‘ He took me to a few parties but I was uneasy about him . |
| 21 | That stumped her for a few seconds , then she opened the door to the hallway for me . |
| 22 | She held my hand steady to bring the cigarette to the flame and kept it for a few seconds longer than she had to . |
| 23 | ’ So they kept us in a few days . |
| 24 | The sweaty exertions of the players , the movement of their pale , hairy legs , their breathless staccato shouts of ‘ Oh , well played ! ’ and ‘ Just out ! ’ occupied her for a few minutes . |
| 25 | But , within a couple of months of coming to the throne , Siraj-ud-Daula marched on Calcutta , seized and plundered it after a few days of frantic but ill-prepared resistance , and allowed the few British survivors of the seige to be locked up in the prison of the fortress for the night . |
| 26 | Also a photo of all the officers of Walsall that I saw in a second hand shop and I went and bought it for a few pence . |
| 27 | The horse was totally confused by now and it eased forward in the shafts not knowing what to do next , until Broomhead reminded it with a few well-chosen obscenities . |
| 28 | Yeah , probably did it in a few hours |
| 29 | We decided we did n't really like a lot of our clothes , so we replaced them with a few very simple things . ’ |
| 30 | He said nothing for a few seconds , and I sensed that I might have unsettled this policeman . |